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Monday, January 13, 2014

Feature: Cuckoo at the Unicorn Theatre by Laura Turner

Opening this week at the Unicorn Theatre is a new play by Hollyoaks writer Suhayla El-Bushra, whose play Pigeons recently ran at the Royal Court Theatre. Cuckoo is, in her own words, “…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:18AM
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Feature: Oh yes, it’s Sleeping Beauty at the Park Theatre by Laura Turner

Pantomime season is well and truly upon us but amidst the mince pies and mulled wine lurks a challenge for the creatives behind today’s festive theatrical treats. How can they make the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:45AM
Monday, November 4, 2013

Billy the Girl: getting to know Clean Break by Laura Turner

Laura Turner speaks to writer Katie Hims about Clean Break's new show Billy the Girl, informed by workshops conducted with female prisoners. The post Billy the Girl: getting to know Clean Br…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:43AM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Feature: TakeOver Festival returns to York by Laura Turner

This October, the TakeOver Festival returns to York Theatre Royal, once again giving young people under 26 the chance to take to the helm of one of the most exciting regional theatre events …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Review: Small Plans by Laura Turner

Small Plans is a play about the small things in life that mean so much: fleeting decisions, stolen moments, the tiny grains of possibility that gradually build up to bigger things. This is e…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:45AM
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Review: Sign of the Times by Laura Turner

There is an affectionate familiarity about Hull Truck’s latest in-house production on the theatre’s main stage. Sign of the Times is a revived Tim Firth play and it bears the tra…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:27PM
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Spotlight on Grassroots’ Summer of Love by Laura Turner

Grassroots Theatre tells Laura Turner more about their Summer of Love season of Shakespeare plays.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
Friday, May 10, 2013

House parties and beer goggles: Part A the Musical by Laura Turner

Laura Turner goes behind the scenes of new musical Part A playing at the Roundhouse's Accidental Festival.The post House parties and beer goggles: Part A the Musical appeared first on A Youn…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Spotlight On: Inveritgo at HighTide Festival by Laura Turner

Laura Turner caught up with co-Artistic Director of Invertigo theatre company, Sion Alun Davies, ahead of the company’s residency at HighTide Festival the weekend of 7 – 8 May. D…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
Monday, April 22, 2013

Review: Queen of the Nile by Laura Turner

It’s not often that a play combines gags about anything and everything from food poisoning to dildos with one of the most significant political movements of the twenty-first century. Q…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Behind the Scenes at West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Transform 13 by Laura Turner

Blowing stuff up, playing music and being inspired by the city you're from: three artists taking part in WYP's Transform season of new work tell Laura Turner about what theatre means to them…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Second Shot Productions is Glory Dazed at Soho Theatre by Laura Turner

Examining the lives of serving and ex-servicemen, Second Shot Productions developed Glory Dazed in collaboration with HMP Doncaster to reveal the difficulties of readjusting to normal life. …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
Thursday, March 28, 2013

“The biggest risk to new writing? Waiting for permission”: an interview with Mark Ravenhill by Laura Turner

Billy Barrett meets Mark Ravenhill to talk Brecht, RSC residency and not having a ‘process'.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:37PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Theatre Alibi’s Curiosity Shop: Charles Dickens revisited by Laura Turner

Charles Dickens, vintage records and a soundtrack spanning Elvis to Prof Green. Welcome to Theatre Alibi's Curiosity Shop.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:43PM
Monday, February 25, 2013

Sex in Shanghai: Border Crossings’s Consumed by Laura Turner

Sex, money and the world wide web: Border Crossings' Consumed is a unique love story set in a virtual, global world.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:52AM
Thursday, February 21, 2013

The art of Fevered Sleep by Laura Turner

Performance, installation, soundscape and landscape: Ellen Carr discovers the art of interdisciplinary company Fevered Sleep

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:28AM
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

MONEY the gameshow: interiew with Clare Duffy by Laura Turner

A unique, fun and challenging look at our current economic climate, MONEY the gameshow is the creation of writer and theatremaker Clare Duffy. Inspired by the real global events that have�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:03PM
Monday, February 18, 2013

Liar Liar: a play like a Haribo sour by Laura Turner

Playwright E V Crowe tells Laura Turner about prequels to King Lear, seeking the truth and eating Haribo sours with new play Liar Liar.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:30PM
Thursday, February 14, 2013

South London and Shakespeare: Othello’s bedfellows by Laura Turner

Jessica Wilson discovers how the Othello Peckham Theatre Company's new Othello focuses on the powerful quest for love.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:12PM
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Gruesome Playground Injuries at The Gate by Laura Turner

Story-telling, eating cake and the sex lives of the over 65s: Gruesome Playground Injuries director Justin Audibert reveals more about the show and his ambitions.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:50AM
Thursday, November 29, 2012

TheatreCraft: the beyond the stage careers fair by Laura Turner

With AYT exhibiting at this year's TheatreCraft, Features Editor Laura Turner finds about more about this unique event for non-performance careers in theatre.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:24PM
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Spotlight on: Idiot Child by Laura Turner

South-West company Idiot Child tell Laura Turner more about current show at Pleasance Islington, working with friends and dreaming big.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:55AM
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

After King Lear: The Serpent’s Tooth by Laura Turner

Power, ambition and control: the King Lear sequel that's tackling today's world in a collaboration between the Almeida and Talawa Theatre Company.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:32PM
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Spotlight On: Last Chance Saloon by Laura Turner

Michael Buble, Andrew Lloyd Webber and a spot of Barry Manilow. Not what you'd expect from Dracula, but Last Chance Saloon are turning the gothic stereotype entirely on it's head.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AM
Monday, October 8, 2012

Desire under the Elms at the Lyric Hammersmith by Laura Turner

As Morgan Watkins prepares for his leading role in Desire Under the Elms, the actor speaks to Sarah Williams about adultery, infanticide and bloody good drama.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57AM
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Shakespeare’s first and last by Laura Turner

Hull actress Laura Elsworthy on the 'BookEnds' rep season currently at the Brockley Jack Theatre, featuring Shakespeare's first and last plays.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:11AM
Saturday, August 11, 2012

A home for new work: the Yard Theatre by Laura Turner

In the heart of Hackney Wick, the Yard Theatre has established itself as an exciting - and sustainable - home for new work in London. Deputy Artistic Director Tarek Iskander tells Laura Turn…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:40PM
Friday, May 25, 2012

The world needs a puppet on a table by Laura Turner

As The Table continues its celebrated run at Soho Theatre, Laura Turner had the privilege of asking its infamous star, Moses, a few questions.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:35AM
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Review: Chalet Lines by Laura Turner

A Lincolnshire girl myself, I was mightily excited at the prospect of The Bush Theatre’s Chalet Lines, a new play by Lee Mattinson set at Butlins, Skegness. In case you’ve not h…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:22PM
Monday, April 30, 2012

Review: Spoonface Steinberg / Krapp’s Last Tape by Laura Turner

The pairing up of two short plays always requires a delicate balance. Hull Truck Theatre has selected two monologues that address questions of life, loss and mortality for its latest offeri…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:25AM
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Review: Swallows and Amazons by Laura Turner

I have fond memories of a summer spent delving in and out of Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s novel, Swallows and Amazons, so it was with fairly high, nostalgia-charged expect…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:01AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards